Phillies top 25 under 25: Ranking the team’s best young players
By John Town
The Phillies have a collection of players under 25 years old who are already talented at the major-league level or could be future impact players.
Unlike a top prospect list, a top 25 under 25 takes a look at the best Phillies players both at the major-league level as well as the minor-leagues. Most players on this list are prospects just because of how long it takes some players to the reach the majors, but there are still several who are already in the majors with an established role.
The Phillies are in the midst of a serious rebuild and the talent of the young players is an important gauge of that rebuild. To that end, let’s take a look at the team’s top 25 players under 25 years old.
When deciding where to rank players, I often tended towards players near or already in the majors and looked more at their ceiling than their floor.